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A Ticket Robbery.
ONE of tho plcnsantoit journeys I ever
took was made a short timo back,
in company with a total stranger, but who
proved to be the most chatty, most com
municativo person I ever met with, al
though his codo of morals was undoubted
ly rather las. We got in at the London
terminus, and as ho almost at once asked
me where I was going, wo found we wcro
each bound to tho samo large city.
I fancied ho had been dining rather
generously, from his face, which wan a
little flushed; ho had plenty of excellent
cigars, and was very liberal with them ;
and ere we had ridden half a dozen miles,
ho produced a pack of cards, and asked
me to play. I declined ; and he said with
asmilo : "Afraid of strangers with cards?
Well, you are quito right ; but we shall
do no harm to each other."
I hastened to assure him thut 1 was un
der no suspicion as regarded himself, but
that I did not care for cards.
" Thero you are to blame," ho returned ;
" you should always suspect strangers
who want you to play at cards. Why
should a man carry a pack with him, if
he does not intend to profit by their uso ?
Take my advice and always be on your
guard."
" But then," I said with a smile, " by
your own rule you would lead mo to sus
pect you."
"You wouldn't be fur wrong, if you
did," ho replied, with a very meaning
nod : " I only wished to play for a cup of
coffee at the refreshment station ; but I
have played in railway carriages for very
different stakes and won them. How
ever,! am all right to-night,and don't want
to win anybody's money. I cleared eight
hundred over tho Lcgcr, and that will
last me soma time."
I congratulated him on his good for
tune, and said I wished I had been as
lucky.
"If it should do you no more good than
it will me, you ueedn t mind, bo return
ed ; " light come, light go ; but still it is
better to have a few hundreds in your
pocket, than to bo without a penny to pay
your lure, as 1 have been on tins very
railway. '
" Indeed !" I ejaculated, as ho niado
a pause hero ; " that must have been awk
ward.
" Awkward ! I believe you," he said.
"But there ! a man with his head screwed
on tho right way, need never be at a loss,
in a rich country like this. 1 hadn't a pen
ny at any rate, I hadn't a tenth part of
tho required fare with me ; I was bound
to keep an engagement, a long way down
the line, and had not a friend who would
lend mo sixpence ; and hero I iound my
self, one evening a quarter of an hour be
fore the train started. Something like
a fix, eh 1 What should you have done t"
" Well, I replied, " 1 hardly know.
If I had a watch "
" lsut 1 had u t, he interrupted, " nor
anything else that would fetch two pound
seven, the price of a ticket. A first-class
ticket, of course I mean ; I had made up
my mind to ride first class ; 1 like it best,
and, under the circumstances, it was just
as feasible as any other.
" Xhen perhaps, 1 should have gono
to the station-master or superintendent,"
I said, " and told him all about it ; and if
that would n t do, I must have stopped in
London.
" Then it wouldn't havo done, you may
swear," he replied, " station-masters are
not so soft as that. Well, now 'I'll tell
you all about it ; and it may be of uso to
you to know, some day, what is possible
to bo done in such a bx.
I nodded my thanks, and ho began.
I need not tell you bow I camo to be
bo placed speculative men are olten in
such a position ; we always get out of it
somehow, however, and 1 did, this time
When I arrived at the station, there was
the train with the cngino waiting a little
way off, blazing and hissing away ; some
of the passengers had taken their seats,
but most of them wero walking up and
down, or having a parting glass with
their friends, or looking at tho bookstalls,
How I envied the shabbiest ot theru all
for he, whoever be was, had got his tick
et, and I could not get mine. If the train
had irone riulit through, I would havo
taken my suut, aud chanced dropping out
just before they stopped : but I knew
they examined tickets half-way, so that
would not do. If tho journey , had becu
by the sume eugino, I would have lain at
tho back of the tender, on tho coko, as I
did once to a place nearly a hundred miles
down the line j but I knew they change
engines, so this, again, wouldn t do.
taw ono person on tho platform whom
recognized, but as ho was a clergyman
a dean, in fact who was always preaching
nguinst us racing mun, and hud once ac
tually persuaded the town-people to put
their ruce down, I knew lie wus of no
uso. Yet I couldn't keep awuy from him ;
he had a sort of fuscinatiou for me ; I may
call it a presentiment, that ho was to get
me out of my hobblo. Well, the bustle
incrcused ; you know, of course, how buy
t no station guts lusc Dcioro an express
hIuiIh. i he engine cuuiq imct and
hooked on ; tho porters run about with
their burrows of luggage; tho passengers
Jolt the rcircshuicnt-roouii and bookstalls,
aud clustered round the doors of the ear
riagos ; the denn gut into a compartment
by liimselr, and 1 was walking up and
down in tho darkest part of the platform,
and only five minutes left.
1 pauso lor a moment beloro a little
room where 1 saw tno guards go in
and out and wondered whether ono of
them would let me ride with him if I told
him of a thing I knew I really did know
of it for the Cambridgeshire ; when all
at onco, a splendid idea struck mo. It
was the very thing 1 tho door of tho lit
tle room was bait open. Bo that I could
sco no one was in there, and several coats
and caps, belonging to tho guards, wero
hanging on the walls. I glanced down
the platform ; every railway official seemed
up to his eye in business no one was
looking that way. I popped into tho
room in an instant had put on a coat
and cap, which fitted me beautifully and
was out again in a few . seconds. There
was no time for reflection, nor did I need
any ; my mind was already mado up, so,
pushing past the people with the air of a
regular guard, born and bred, I put my
head into tho carnage where tho dean
sat, and said : " Tickets, if you please."
Tho old gentleman was reading a book ;
pushed his spectacles a littlo higher on
his noso, and exclaiming: "Dear me I
had quite forgotten," he handed out his
ticket, which 1 very cooly pocketed, aud
was moving away, when tho old gentle
man said : " This is a new rule to tako
tickets at starting isn't it ?"
" Yes, sir," I answorcd touching my
cap ; " only been in force this month,
sir."
" Oh," ho said, and began reading his
book agaiu.
At this lostnut tho bell for starting
rang, and the guards began to bawl out
" Any more going on 1 but there was
nlontv of time for me 1 If their wasn't a
guard in there, fooling among the great
coats, and swearing horribly, as 1 could
hear at some ot his mates, lor moving
his particular coat out of its place. I
Btood behind tho long double-ladder they
wheel around to clean tho lamps, took oft
the poor fellow s coat and cap, and h urricd
across the platform as though I had j ust
come from the refreshment-room. Tho
station doors were closed, but a guard
catching sight of me, shouted : 11 Now,
sir, this way, or you will bo too late 1"
He opened a carriage door and pushed
trie in, lust as tho engine sounded its
whistle, and the tug came which moved
us on. I was in the camago with the
dean I There was nobody else there,
as I well knew, and I really felt very un
comfortable. . I didn't at all suppose he
would recognize me, but yet there was a
. ! 1-1 J ! 1i
Bon oi ieeung wuicn maao mo wisn mar.
the guard had put me anywhere else
However, there was no help lor it now
and I made up my mind to see at onee if
there was any danger of recognition; so
the first time he put down his book, al
though it was only to cut some leaves, I
offered him a newspaper. , He declined
it ; but I had obtained an opening, and I
followed up my offer with a few remarks
about the weather and so forth quito
enough to let me see that he did not at
all remember my voice. I couiun t sleep
but I pretended to do so ; and on we went,
scarcely another word having been spoken
on either side, until the train slackened
peed : and I knew we were near the sta
tion whore they examined the tickets,
and whore, of course, the murder would
be out. V hen tho carriages drew up
alongside the ticket-platform, and I could
hear the tamilinr cry ot " AH tickets
ready," I feigned to be reading my paper
very intently, although, in reality, 1 was
watching and listcmning with all my
might. I saw tho dean look up curiously
when he first heard tho shouts ; he listen
ed, too, with a puzzled air, aud took off
his spectacles and wiped them, us it that
would help him to understand it ; how
ever, 1 have no doubt he thought the
notico did not apply to him, so he calmly
put his classes on again. At that mo
ment a guard a regular ono this time, I
thought to myself looked in, and of
course said : " Tickets, if you please."
1 gavo him mine, which bo merely- glan
ced at and returned, and thon I screwed
myself into a corner, as much out of the
light as I could manage Tho old cler
gyman, had, of course, done nothing
" Now, sir, if you ploaso," said the guard.
" Eh ?" returned tho dean, looking
round, and pushing up his spectacles,
which seemed to bo a habit with him.
" Tickets, sir, tickets; look alive, if you
pleaBc, sir," answered the man. , .
" Tickets tickets !" echoed the dean :
" mine is all right. I have given it up."
" Not to me, sir," said the guard ; "and
no one elso has been near this carriage."
" Oli, but 1 gave it up before we start
ed," explained the old gentleman ; " it is
a new rule has only been in force this
month."
Upon my word, I thought , I shuuld
have burst with laughter here, the duau
explained this so innocently.
. " Now rule, sir '." said tho guard. M No
such thing. Wo examine the ticket
hore, and take 'them 'at your journey's
end." ; -
" Now, l'opkins," shouted a superior
of some kind ; " havcu't you finished with
that carriage yet l"' ' '' ' "
" Come sir, look sharp with that ticket,'
urged tho guard. ( 1,1 ' ' "'
" What do you mcun V demanded tbo
clergyman, who was clearly getting angry.
" What do you mean, sir r I have given
my ticket to ono of your men, and I am
rathor inclinod to think it was yourself."
l'opkins was now shouted ut again very
angrily, and bis answer brought two or
three others round tho carriago door.
" Now, what s all this delay about?
said a man in a very swaggering tone,
(I suppose ho was in somo authority
there) " what's all this about, l'opkins 'I"
Why," said tho guard, " this party
hasn't got a ticket. Ilo says ho gave it
up at Liondou ; aud, not aatisbcd with
that, says he gavo it up to me."
"JNay, nay; I am not certain about
that," said tho old gcntlcmau. " I only
say I gave it up to somo guard, who told
mo it was a new rulo and he was much
such another man as yourself.
" Uh, that won t do, eatd tho chief
officer very harshly ; wo must havo your
ticket, or your money, or elso we will ro
move you from tho curriago. Wo havo
these games tried on us very often."
" Do you indeed ?" said tho old gcntlo
mun. " Do you, indeed ? Thero is my
cord, sir, and I shall lcavo you to take
your course."
Well, when they saw who he was, thoy
naturally cooled down a bit, and grew
more civil ; but by this timo the other
passengers had got anxious,, and were
putting their heads out of all tho win
dows, and asking what was tho matter.
" Perhaps this gentleman," says tho
guard, meaning of course myself, " who
must have been in the carriago at tho
time, can tell us something about it. You
didn't givo up your tickets, sir, because
I have just examined it."
" Unfortunately," said tho dean, speak
ing before I could answer, " this gentle
man was not in tho carriage; ho came in
just as the train was starting, and after
the collection of tickets.
The men looked at ono another, und I
could seo they did not believe tho story
at all.
" I am afraid, sir, you arc under a
great mistake," said tho chief one ; " and
we shall bo compelled to write to you for
this money, if you don't pay. We can't
keep the train here all night ; so you
must do as you please, as, of course, wo
can have our remedy against you."
Tho old gentleman looked angrier than
ever, and, pulling out his purse, exclaim
ed : " There, sir ; there is your money ;
but, rely upon it, you will hear from
Jessoru and J essoin, my solicitors, sir, on
the matter, It is an atrocious robbery I"
" You will have your ticket given you
at the next station," said the other. " I
will not delay the train by going to my
office now ; I will send word on by the
guard. 11 ut depend upon it, sir, you are
in error ; you aro indeed. All right
forward !"
" Error, sir 1 error !" exclaimed the
dean. " You shall seo, sir ; you shall see.
I don't care for your ticket. You may
make me pay again, if you please, when
I get to my destination. I believe this
company is capable ot anything ; but I
will teach thorn a lesson. This 'gentle
man shall bo my witness of the transac
tion. 1 will take your card, sir." The
men cleared from the window, for the
engine whistle sounded and off we went.
" Oblige me your card, sir," continued
the dean. " I need hardly ask you if yoa
ever saw so nefarious a proceeding f"
" Nevor, sir ; absolutely scandalous !"
I replied. " But do you think it will bo
worth your while to take further notice
of it ? It will involve you in a great deal
of trouble."
" Trouble, sir ! What do I care for
that?" demanded the dean, indignantly.
" It is my duty to expose such conduct;
and I will do it. I will thank you
for
your card, sir."
1 felt it would bo dangerous to refuse
a card ; so I expressed my sympathy with
him, and gave him the card of a foreign
gontlcman of my acquaintance, which I
luckily had in my pocket. Then tho old
gentleman seemed to be brooding over
his injury, and scarcely spoke another
word. When we came to the refreshment
station, tho guard brought him his ticket
which lie took without a syllable, and at
our next station we both got out.
I saw his carriage was waiting for bitu ;
and I have no doubt Mrs. Dean had all
particulars before an hour was over. As
for my friend, whose card I gave, I never
heard whethor the dean had tried to nod
him out or not; in fact, although I called
mm my mend, we were by no means
friondly " You think tho whole transac
tion rather fishy, eh r ejuculated my
companion, interrupting himself.
" I think it downright dishonest" I
said, frankly, "unless you repaid the
dean.
" Oh, I did thut," responded ho,
sent the old gentletuun a post-office ordor
in the name ot my foreigu irieud.
A Third Partr.
' Dr. Emmons, tho ablo Now Englund
divine, met a pantheistical physician at
the bouso of a sick parishioner. It was
no jiluco fur a dispute. It was no place
for any unbecoming familiarity with the
minister.' It was no place to inquire into
the ago of tho minister, espcciully with
any intcut of entangling him in d, debate;
and ubove all whore tho querist was ' too
illogical for any logical discussion. ' But
the abrupt question of the Pauthcist was,
"Mr. Emmons, ' how old are you 7"
" Sixty, sir and how old are you? ',' As
old as creation," was the triumphant re
sponse. " Then you are of tho samo ugo
with Adam und Evo ?" " Ccrtuinly, 1
was iu the garden when thoy were. " I
have always heurd thut thero was a third
party in the garden with thoin, but I
never knew before tliut it was you,"
SCIENTIFIC HEADING.
tiingscng,
(inscng is tho root of a small plant
found growing wild in the Northern part
of Asia and America. Botany assigns
it a place among plants belonging to tho
genus Panax. It has a fleshy, pointed
tuper-root, about as large as a man's fin
ger, which, when dry, is of a yellowish
white color, and is possessed of mucila
ginous sweetness, somewhat resembling
Calamus root, but accompanied "by . a
slight bitterness. .
As an articlo of commerce ginseni; is
very extensively quoted ; but few people,
however, know what it is like, or what
properties it contains.
Large quantities of this aro annually
exported to China, and the demand from
that quarter is every year increasing.
Provious to tho present century, the Chi
nese obtained most of their supplies from
tho wilds of Tartary, and it was then
sold at a very exorbitant prico. For the
last fifty years, however, this article has
been principally obtained in America,
and tho trade has become very profitable.
It was long a matter of wonder, even to
commercial men, to what use the root
was applied by the inhabitants of tho
" Flowery Kingdom ;" but in course of
time it becamo known that it was em
ployed very extensively for medical pur
poses, and that the Chinese have long
had a superstitious faith in its virtues.
Among this imaginative people, it is said
to answer the purpose of inciting tho
partaker to noble deeds of bravery while
at the samo time it is a specifio for most
bodily ills to which human flesh is heir.
"Hosto Makes Waste."
If we wcro asked for tho best illustra
tion of the above proverb, thero is none
we could think ot more remarkable
than tho almost universal practice of run
ning up stairs. Suppose your room to
be on the first floor from the sky in a
largo hotel, four flights up, of twenty
steps each, or eighty steps in all. One
step per second is a deliberate rate of
walking. Eighty seconds ou the stairs,
and the balance of two minutes for the
landings, and the job is done, without
perspiration or exhaustion. Almost any
one who will tako a deliberate walk op
stairs, and timo it, will be surprised to
fiud how short it is. Then let tho same
person run up, aud timo that. He will
be more surprised than before, in all
probability, ou comparing the two to
perceive for what an inappreciublo con
sideration in time he has been induced
so often to hurry up stairs, panting aud
ready to drop at the summit. One min
ute is about the utmost that can be saved,
in the longest of our customary ascents,
by Btraing overy nervo for it. One min
ute is seldom of any practical conse
quence in suoh cases, ana never fails to
offset many fold by tho time required to
repair the excessive animal waste that it
costs.
The Sherman Process of Making Steel.
The cat is at last let out of tho bag.
The tremendous secret of transformation
by which such wonders have been accom
plished in the manufacture of iron and
steel by the Sherman process, is at last
disclosed.
The whole mystery of tho process lies
in the addition to iron during the pud
dling process of a very small quantity of
iodine. It is claimed as tho rationale of
this process that the iodine acta to decom
pose the phosphate of iron in the metal,
and to change the phosphorus into a pe
culiar amorphous condition in which it
is readily burned off, and thus eliminated.
In some similar way it is supposed to act
upon the sulphur. Now, whether there
bo any truth in this theory, which wc
are bound to confess, has a show of plaus
ibility or not, wo must bo pardoned for
entertaining grave doubts as to its revo
lutionary effect upon the manufacture of
iron. So fur as wo can judge, the pre
ciso time and manner of the iodino is
very indefinitely determined as yet, and
though tho public has been treated to
very highly colored narratives of success
achieved, there have bocn doubtless, fail
ures to which no publicity has been
given.
Seasoning Timber.
A German technologist bus been ex
perimenting on tho seasoning of timber,
lie finds thut live wood contains fifty per
cent, of sap iu December, Junuary, and
February ; forty-six per cent. in; March
and April; and forty-cicht per cent, in
the remaining months of tho year, with
very slight variations in quantity, de
pending upon tho character of tho sea
Bon. If all the moisture bo dried out
of wood, It becomes harsh, inelastic, "and
brittle. There is therefore, such a thing
as ovor-scasoniug timber, though that
fault is certainly not oftou met with in
tho woodwork of our buildings. Toseu
sou wood properly, the drying must bo
commenced at a very mnderuto heut, and
performed very gradually. Ho recom
mends a sand buth for drying small pie
ces of wood for cabinet aud joiner work.
The sund not only acts to diffuso the
heat uniformly, but ulso its intcrtices en
able it to absorb moisture, which a gen
tloheat expels. ' The wood should be
buried in the sand while the latter is
cold, and the heat should bo graduated so
us not to exceed 212 degrees Fah., by thr
uso of thermometers plueed In the suud.